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committed to playing a role
in addressing some of the key
social issues facing Ireland today.
Our aim with the Energy for
Generations fund is to maximise
the impact of our investment by
taking a more strategic approach
to effect change. Funding is
only part of the jigsaw - we
also want to leverage the skills
and knowledge we have within
the company to bring about
more sustainable and positive
outcomes".
Top stories in brief
Windows 7 upgrade
The Microsoft Upgrades
Programme covers an extensive set
of improvements to IT tools which
impacts most users in ESB in some
way. Currently the Programme
is concentrating on the rollout of
Windows 7 as the deadline for
Windows XP looms large.
Safety Award for ESB
Telecoms Ltd.
ESB Telecoms Ltd. was presented
with a Special Safety Award for
achieving ten years free of LTIs.
An insight into G&WM
Lisa Browne Head of Marketing Electric Ireland receving the European Sponsorship Association Award for 'Best in Europe Sponsorship' in respect of Electric Ireland's
sponsorship of Team Ireland for the London Olympics. The award was presented by Dominic Lyle, Director General of the European Association for Communication Agencies in
London on January 29th last. See page 19 inside for full story.
ESB TO INVEST €2M ANNUALLY
INTO ENERGY FOR GENERATIONS
8 Energy for Generations Fund open for applications.
ESB HAS LAUNCHED the
'Energy for Generations' fund,
a new corporate responsibility
investment which will see over €2
million per year disbursed across
a range of community and issuesbased initiatives. Approximately
€1 million per year will be
dedicated to addressing issues
relating to education, homelessness
and suicide prevention. The remainder
will be allocated across a range of
initiatives including wind farm
community funds, fuel poverty
programmes and support for staff
volunteering.
ESB Chief Executive Pat O'Doherty
launched the fund with support
from students at St Patrick's
Girls NS, Ringsend, one of the
schools participating in the Time
to Read Programme - an 'Energy
for Generations' initiative in
conjunction with Business in the
Community.
Speaking at the launch, Pat said:
"As a leading Irish organisation
with deep roots in the community
dating back to 1927, we are
ESB has been supporting
initiatives in the areas of suicide
prevention and homelessness
since 2007 and is currently
among the largest private funders
of suicide prevention in Ireland.
The Energy for Generations
fund introduces a new focus on
education, which recognises the
need for educational supports at
all levels to ensure that Ireland
has the skills it needs to compete
effectively in the future. The
Energy for Generation Fund will
target a range of measures across
all educational levels, from
primary to third level, including
adult education.
The 'Energy for Generations'
fund is now open for applications from organisations working
in the areas of homelessness, suicide prevention and
education. Registered charities,
not for profit organisations and
community and voluntary groups
may apply through the website,
www.esb.ie. n
As we move into a new year, EM
talks with Paddy Hayes, Executive
Director, Generation & Wholesale
Markets, about the purpose,
structure and key activities of this
business unit.
45k deeds logged during
Powering Kindness Week
During Powering Kindness
Week Electric Ireland offered
to transform the good deeds of
the public into a donation for
charities, who benefit from every
act of kindness completed during
the week.
Mount Lucas connection
The 79.2MW Mount Lucas Wind
Farm is being developed by Bord
na Mona in the Bog of Allen
near Edenderry, Co Offaly. The
connection of this wind farm
required the construction of a
new looped 110kV station into the
Thornsberry-Cushaling 110kV
overhead line.
Brewing up a storm
Severe storms over the Christmas
and New Year period severely
impacted the national electricity
networks. Successive wind
and lightning storms occurred
between December 18th, 2013
and January 6th, 2014. During
this period Met Eireann issued
severe weather warnings on 13
days, 11 at Level Orange and two
at Level Red. 10,620 individual
outages resulted in 742,753
customer interruptions.
issn no. 0790-7508
The Energy for Generations
fund introduces a new focus on
education, which recognises the
need for educational supports at
all levels to ensure that Ireland
has the skills it needs to compete
effectively in the future.
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